Professionally train, arm citizens to stop shootings

The only common sense remedy to stopping an active shooter in a school is professionally trained armed men or women. It is infuriating to think that had this policy been in place at the Parkland high school, the massacre might have been averted.

It is an uneducated weapons mindset that proponents of banning semi-automatic rifles and pistols, first coined “assault weapons” by the left-wing media, will eliminate mass killings by sociopath, crazed, mentally sick individuals. A highly proficient shooter can fire off 16 rounds from a double action revolver, including reload time, in less than five seconds using speed reloaders. So what’s the difference?

It is estimated that nationwide up to 600,000 guns are stolen each year, supplying criminals in what is referred to as the “Iron Pipeline.” Maniacs bent on mass killings have numerous easily available options to carry out their evil deeds; poison gas is easily manufactured, mowing down crowds with a vehicle, or concocting powerful explosives. Timothy Mc Veigh and Terry Nichols Oklahoma City bombing was successful employing their home-brewed truck bomb, resulting in 168 killed; over 800 injured, destroyed or damaged 324 buildings and 86 cars, costing an estimated 652 million dollars in damages.

Florida Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd has the right idea by promoting the training and arming of concealed-carry individuals.

Dean Fromkin, Pembroke Pines